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🔗 The Normal and the Pathological: Georges Canguilhem, Carolyn R. Fawcett, Michel Foucault: 9780942299595: Amazon.com: Books

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The Normal and the Pathological [Georges Canguilhem, Carolyn R. Fawcett, Michel Foucault] on Amazon.com. FREE super saver shipping on qualifying offers.

The Normal and the Pathological is one of the crucial contributions to the history of science in the last half century. It takes as its starting point the sudden appearance of biology as a science in the 19th-century and examines the conditions determining its particular makeup.Canguilhem analyzes the radically new way in which health and disease were defined in the early 19th-century

🔗 The Black Book: Imbalance of Power and Wealth in Sudan

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In 2000, a mysterious book appeared in the streets of Khartoum under the title “The Black Book: Imbalance of Power and Wealth in the Sudan”. The mystery of the book was strengthened by its impeccable method of distribution necessitated by the Regime’s firm grip over information in the country. The launch of the work consisted of a once-off distribution at gates of major mosques, following Friday prayers. Soon after, the circulation of the Book gained momentum. Spontaneous photocopying made the Book available all over the country and abroad. The book soon became the most talked about document in the country. It was an envy of any writer, the world over. Most readers had never seen the original copy of the book. Illiterate people too became familiar with …

🔗 Standing up for Astasia

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While Astasia’s wailings continue to echo in the background throughout the story, the storyline moves through different layers. The village, in many ways, is a scaled maquette of Egyptian society, with all its corruption and injustice. Khairy highlights the misuse of power by the mayor’s bribery and manipulation of law; Hamza sums up the present as “the boom era of corruption.”